Ki Tavo

Parashas Ki Tavo

Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8

Please pray this prayer

before reading

Prayer

In the name of Yahushua

Our Messiyah,

I pray for the Spirit of Understanding

The Spirit of Knowledge and

The Spirit of Wisdom

As I read through this Parasha

That the Truth of Torah may

Come forth. Amen

This is the 50^th Torah Portion of this Torah cycle. In this portion Ki Tavo, Moses tells the Yisraelites, in effect, we have a field, we have a family, we have a blessing, so do not just wake up in the morning and thank ABBA YAHVEH; that is not enough.

Do something to express your appreciation in a tangible way. Express the fruit of the spirit, or take action on gratitude will help you in the transformation of the ego that will led to more blessing.

The Sabbath of Ki Tavo teaches us to find ways to make the most of our spiritual day availale to us. That the Torah contains great light. How then can we get more Light from it? When we encourage people to read the Torah. Even a simple spiritual tool like appreciation can reveal new Light if we do not settle for expressing it in words, but take action to show our gratitude for the Word.

On this Sabbath of Ki Tavo, we want to tap into the consciousness of newness. As Moses was about to leave this world, he sums up all the wisdom he has been trying to teach for forty years, by saying to the people, live every moment as if it is the most important moment to be alive. This is the best of times for those who believe in Messiyah Yahushua and who keep the Commandmenrs of Torah.

On this Sabbath, ABBA YAHVEH is asking us to use all the tools the Holy Spirit has given to us, by living fully in every moment, so we can experience a taste of immorality.

In this chapter Moses concludes the particular teaching on the statutes which he thought fit to be given to Yisrael, those who were in-charge at his parting from them; what follows is by way of sanction and ratification. In this chapter;

I.                   Moses gives them a form of confession to be made by him that offered the basket of his first-fruits verse 1–11. 

II.                The protestation and prayer to be made after the disposal of the third year’s tithe verse 12–15. 

III.             He binds on all the precepts he had given them,

 

1. By the divine authority: "Not I, but YAHVEH thy EL has commanded thee to do these statutes’’ verse 16. 

2. By the mutual covenant between YAHVEH and them verse 17, etc.

Deu 26:1  “And it shall be, when you come into the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, - Coming into the Land is an acronym for coming to maturity, we have posses, taken charge or into control of the desires of the flesh, that we have been given and bring it under subjection. In essence we have become a over-comer. The flesh is made of the dust of the earth, otherwise known as the Land. When we overcome every desire of the flesh, those flesh attributes that is our dispossession, then the Holy Spirit will possess our body.

Deu 26:2 that you shall take some of the first of all the fruits of the soil which you bring from your land that יהוה your Elohim is giving you, and shall put it in a basket and go to the place where יהוה your Elohim chooses to make His Name dwell there. – A good work that was ordered to be done, is that we are to present a basket of their first-fruits to ABBA YAHVEH every year.

Besides the sheaf of first-fruits, which was offered for the whole land, on the morrow after the passover (Lev. 23:10), every man was to bring for himself a basket of first-fruits at the feast of pentecost, when the harvest was ended, which is therefore called the feast of first-fruits (Ex. 34:22), and is said to be kept with a tribute of free-will-offering, Deu. 16:10.

But the Jews say, "The first-fruits, if not brought then, might be brought any time after, between that and winter.’’ When a man went into the field or vineyard at the time when the fruits were ripening, he was to mark that which he observed most forward, and to set it aside for first-fruits, wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates, some of each sort must be put in the same basket, with leaves between them, and presented to YAHVEH in the place which he should choose.

Now from this law we may learn. To acknowledge YAHVEH as the giver of all those good things which are the support and comfort of our natural life, and therefore to serve and honor him with them.

To deny ourselves. What is first ripe we are most fond of; those that are nice and curious expect to be served with each fruit at its first coming in. My soul desired the first ripe fruits, Micah 7:1.

When YAHVEH appointed them to lay those aside for HIM he taught them to prefer the glorifying of HIS name before the gratifying of their own appetites and desires.

To give to YAHVEH the first and best we have, as those that believe HIM to be the first and best of beings. Those that consecrate the days of their youth, and the prime of their time, to the service and honor of YAHVEH , bring HIM their first-fruits, and with such offerings HE is well pleased. I remember the kindness of thy youth.

From the spiritual sense of the Word. As each person goes through their Torah Cycle and the fruit of the spirit is observed, The leader of the group, must present to Father יהוה  those who have made significant spiritual gain over the last year. At the Fall Feast the total spiritual growth is determine and present to our Father on the Day of Atonement, the next year growth will depends on the growth the year before.

That is why we are admonish in Matthew 13: ¹⁰And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables “Kabbalah?” ¹¹He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heavens, but to them it has not been given. ¹²“For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.; 25: ²⁸‘Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. ²⁹‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰‘And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’;

Mark 4: ²³“If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” ²⁴Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. ²⁵“For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”;

Luke 8: ¹⁶“No one, when he has lit his Menorah, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. ¹⁷“For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. ¹⁸“Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”

Deu 26:3 “And you shall come to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I shall declare today to יהוה your Elohim that I have come to the land which יהוה swore to our fathers to give us.’ – Today we bring ourselves to Yahushua and say to Him, I have complete my sixth day of Creation, I have reach maturity, I have come into the Land “my body” and I have posses it.

We must remember that our body is made from the dust of the earth, to posses our body is to excert spiritual dominion over it, bringing it under the subjection of the Torah and the Holy Spirit. This is what scripture calls picking up our Cross and following Yahushua.

This offering is a one time offering, this offering must be done only when we come into the Land, it cannot be repeated.

Deu 26:4 “And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and place it before the altar of יהוה your Elohim. – Yahushua will take the basket and present it to Father יהוה, as first fruits, first born from among men, were Yahushua is the chief of the first born sons.

Deu 26:5 “And you shall answer and say before יהוה your Elohim, ‘My father was a perishing Aramean, and he went down to Mitsrayim and sojourned there with few men. And there he became a nation, great, mighty, and numerous. – The individual should  say to EL YAHVEH my father and I was sent to earth to learn the constitution of the Heavenly Kingdom. We came here as a small Menorah and we have grown into a large Menorah.

Deu 26:6 ‘But the Mitsrites did evil to us, and afflicted us, and imposed hard labour on us. – We had to overcome the desires and the traditions of the world system in order for us to make it this far. The world system imposed hard pressure against us, yet by Your Mighty Hand we have made it.

Deu 26:7 ‘Then we cried out to יהוה Elohim of our fathers, and יהוה heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression. – We realize that there was no hope without El Yahushua, so we cried out to Him as our Fathers did, and You saw our affliction and our struggle as we try to build our Menorah and fulfilled Your Torah.

Deu 26:8 ‘And יהוה brought us out of Mitsrayim with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, with great fear and with signs and wonders. – You gave us grace to help us over come our sinful nature. You pick us up when we fall, and wash us off with the Blood and the Water that flow from Yahushua side and set us on the path to be an over-comer, You gave us great sign and wonders along the way to guide us to the right path, we are great full to You.

Deu 26:9 ‘And He brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey.” – You have brought us to our seventh day of Creation, to the seventh Heaven which you have promise us, and have given us Your Rest.

Deu 26:10 ‘And now, see, I have brought the first-fruits of the land which You, O יהוה, have given me.’ Then you shall place it before יהוה your Elohim, and bow down before יהוה your Elohim, - Now that You have establish me in you Promise Land, I have also teach someone else the pure doctrine which You have used to bring me this far, and here they are.

This are my first fruit to You my Master and My King, please accept it as a token of my appreaction to You.

Deu 26:11 and shall rejoice in all the good which יהוה your Elohim has given to you and your house, you and the Lĕwite and the stranger who is among you. - I will rejoice in all the good things You have done for me and my Assembly. Rejoicing with even the sinner who came to know You as King of the Universe.

Deu 26:12 “When you have completed tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Lĕwite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within your gates and have been satisfied, - In this verse The Torah bring our attention to another Torah principle, that of tithing.

Every third year a special tithe should be taken up for the Priest, strangers and poor amount us. We must have a feast and invite all these brethren to come and celebrate with us.

Deu 26:13 then you shall say before יהוה your Elohim, ‘I have put away the set-apart portion from my house, and also have given it to the Lĕwite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Your command which You have commanded me. I have not transgressed Your commands, nor have I forgotten. – In this verse we see an indication of those who are the cream of the crop, being given to the Levites, the priesthood to be ministers, I have send them as Evangelist to the strangers, to teach the fatherless, and to the Widows, those who do not have a priest in the house to teach them Torah.

This story are more than just commands, they have a spiritual meaning behind them. When we practice these commands in the natural, it will not before long that we will see the spiritual equivalent.

We are admonish not to pick the fruit of a fruit tree the first three years, on the forth year it is Holy unto Our Lord. Meaning that three years must past before we can send a new believer out to minister, and it is only the best of the bunch we must send. 

Deu 26:14 ‘I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of יהוה my Elohim, I have done according to all that You have commanded me. – In this verse we see a continuation of the story to develop mature individual. The teacher says he has not consumed any of them for his self, even when he was in morning, nor has he allowed any of them to deal in any uncleanness. He has not allowed any of them to pursue any goal that has not spiritual advantage.

This good teacher says he has followed the pattern establish from the foundation of the world whish is Torah, the constitution of the Heavenly Kingdom.

Deu 26:15 ‘Look from Your set-apart dwelling place, from the Heavens, and bless Your people Yisra’ĕl and the land which You have given us, as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing   with milk and honey.” ’- We have done what you command us to do now יהוה do what behooves you.  By blessing Your people Yisrael.

This verse is the only exception to the rule that the tpqct meaning gazing. In Scripture it denote carefull examination to determine when that punishment is appropriate. But when the Hebrew people gives to the poor, the attribute of judgement is transformed into the attribute of mercy.

Deu 26:16 “Today יהוה your Elohim is commanding you to do these laws and right-rulings. And you shall guard and do them with all your heart and with all your being. – in this verse we again see an admonishment to be obedient to the commandment of יהוה, how can we then say that His Laws are nail to the Cross, when He repeatedly ask us not to break them, but since Yahushua was Crucified, we must no longer obey the laws.

Deu 26:17 “You have today caused יהוה to proclaim to be your Elohim, and to walk in HIS ways and guard HIS laws, and HIS commands, and HIS right-rulings, and to obey HIS voice. – Because Yisrael had accepted the Torah and committed itself to observe its Commandments no matter what. The nation and יהוה have a mutually exalted one to another. Yisrael distinguishes יהוה as the only true Elohim, and HE distinguished Yisrael as HIS only people.

Alternatively, we (Yisrael) caused יהוה to say that HE will always be our Elohim. Because of Yisrael’s dedication to יהוה and HIS Commandment, HE  was influenced to become their יהוה and will always help us.

Conversely, because of HIS miracles HE pro-formed to save and maintain us. יהוה caused us to say that we are always obligated to be HIS treasured people.

According to either interpretation, these two verses constitute mutual pledges of  allegiance between יהוה  and Yisrael.   

Deu 26:18 “And יהוה has caused you to proclaim today to be HIS people, a treasured possession, as HE has spoken to you, and to guard all HIS Commands, - One of the element of a mature believer was seen in the life of Yahushua when He says if you see me you see the Father. He was not saying that He is the Father. He was saying we are of the same spirit, the Father and I. That is also the goal of Torah to create more perfect sons, using the same standard Yahushua used, which is the Torah.

Deu 26:19 so as to set you high above all nations which HE has made, for a praise, and for a name, and for esteem, and for you to be a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim, as HE has spoken.” -  יהוה has avouched, not only taken, but publicly owned us to be HIS segullah, HIS peculiar people, as HE has promised us, that is, according to the true intent and meaning of the covenant.

Now our obedience was not only the condition of this favor, and of the continuance of it (if we were not obedient, YAHVEH would disown them, and cast them off), but it was also the principal design of this favor.

He has avouched thee on purpose that you sho

uld keep HIS Commandments, that we mightest have both the best directions and the best encouragements in His pure religion.’

Therefore we are elected to obedience (1 Pt. 1:2), chosen that we should be holy (Eph. 1:4), purified, a peculiar people, that we might not only do good works, but be zealous in them, Tit. 2:14.

Two things יהוה is here said to design in avouching them to be HIS peculiar people, to make us high, and, in order to do that, is to make them holy; for holiness is true honor, and the only way to everlasting honor.

Holy means to be set apart, holiness is the actions of a holy people, which is to obey the Commandments.

 To make them high above all nations. The greatest honor we are capable of in this world is to be taken into covenant with יהוה, and to live in HIS service. They should be, First, High in praise; for יהוה would accept them, which is true praise, Rom. 2:29.

Our friends would admire us, Zep. 3:19, 20. Secondly, High in name, which, some think, denotes the continuance and perpetuity of that praise, a name that shall not be cut off. Thirdly, High in honor, that is, in all the advantages of wealth and power, which would make them great above their neighbours. See Jer. 13:11.

That we might be a holy people, separated for YAHVEH, devoted to HIM, and employed continually in his service. This EL aimed at in taking us to be his people; so that, if we did not keep his commandments, we would not received all this grace in vain.